JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 27, 2024

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced increased patent and trademark fees effective 19 and 18 January 2025, respectively.

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TorrentFreak

DECEMBER 27, 2024

As one of the oldest sports live-streaming portals, Rojadirecta has been thorn in the side of sports organizations for well over a decade. The linking site, operated by a Spanish company Puerto 80 Projects and its owner Igor Seoane, initially had a good track record when it came to legal battles. Rojadirecta famously had its domain name returned after it was seized by the US Government years ago.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 27, 2024

While influencer marketing has become popular in the creator space, it doesnt come without risks. From IP infringement to FTC compliance, Scott Hervey and Jessica Marlow discuss the key issues surrounding brand endorsement deals in this archive two-part episode of The Briefing.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Image from here and here. [This post has been authored by SpicyIP intern Kaustubh Chakrabarti. Kaustubh is a second year BA.LLB. (Hons.) student at Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur. His previous posts can be accessed here.] In recent times, the Delhi High Court has been spewing out decisions involving the Personality Rights of celebrities.

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Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera

Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 27, 2024

While influencer marketing has become popular in the creator space, it doesnt come without risks. From IP infringement to FTC compliance, Scott Hervey and Jessica Marlow discuss the key issues surrounding brand endorsement deals in this archive two-part episode of The Briefing.

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Indiana Intellectual Property Law

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Plainfield, Indiana – Allen Lee Asher-Butler has filed a copyright infringement suit against Amazon KDP and Jeff Bezos , claiming they are committing copyright infringement regarding four books that he designed and illustrated the covers for. According to Asher, these books, authored by William “Will” Wills , have been sold by Amazon since 2009 without his authorization.

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Likelihood of Confusion

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Originally posted 2013-08-05 13:37:42. Republished by Blog Post PromoterHow much dumb can possibly be fit into a size two? Walter Olson rounds it up: Ralph Lauren lawyers: dont you dare reproduce our skinny-model photo in the course of criticizing our use of skinny models [BoingBoing] With photoshop, evidently, quite a bit! Here’s an excerpt from […] The post The skinny on fair use appeared first on LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 27, 2024

In the Federal District Court of Oregon, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) sought a declaration that a state law compelling the disclosure of trade secrets was unconstitutional. PhRMA is a trade group comprised largely of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 27, 2024

A few years ago , I summarized Keith Bell’s copyright enforcement efforts: Bell published a short book in 1982. It contained a passage that has become a meme in the sports community. Bell has separately registered a copyright in the passage. Bell has filed at least 25 copyright lawsuits. Two prior blog posts on Bell’s litigation efforts: Fair Use Protects High Schools Use of Inspirational MemeBell v.

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JD Supra Law

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Since the America Invents Act (AIA) established a new venue for hearing patent disputes, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), much ink has been spilled regarding the impacts of this forum on patent litigation and the overall intellectual property strategies employed by both patentees and challengers. The Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act was recently sent to the Senate from the Committee of the Judiciary after an 11-10 vote, and.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Briefs are trickling in for the Supreme Court’s fast-paced battle over the upcoming TikTok ban. The outcome of TikTok v. Garland will likely be a watershed moment for free speech in the digital age — especially with respect to non-US media. This post walks through the six amicus briefs all filed early. Three support TikTok and its content creator co-petitioners; and three agree with the appellate court and U.S. government that the ban is appropriate.

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IP and Legal Filings

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Introduction Retired gardener of IIT Bombay committed suicide after fighting for 4 years for gratuity, that too, on the night after International Labor Day. This case is going to be a landmark for contractual workers to demand gratuity from their employer. Till this judgment, no worker from IITs had filed a case for gratuity. This case set a precedent for determining labor rights and the application of the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, on educational institutions.

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Cogency Global

DECEMBER 27, 2024

What this is : What was on your reading list this year? If youre anything like us then you were constantly on the hunt for thought leadership and hard-hitting news. In 2024, we tackled some of the most important subject matter in the industry, from UCC financing statements to the highly anticipated Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). What this means : Before we all dive into our resolutions for 2025, lets rewind back to the highlights of 2024.

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The TTABlog

DECEMBER 27, 2024

A TTAB judge once said to me that one can predict the outcome of a Section 2(d) appeal about 95% of the time just by looking at the marks and the goods/services. Of course, if you just said "affirmed" you'd be right about 90% of the. time. Anyway, here are three Board decisions issued on Christmas Adam. No hints this time. How do you think they came out?

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Michael Geist

DECEMBER 27, 2024

My look back at 2024 concludes with a review of my most popular Substacks of the year. Unlike last year, where was considerable overlap between my most popular blog posts and Substacks, this year the list quite different. The Substack list features a significant emphasis on antisemitism in Canada in the wake of the October 2023 terror attacks, which occupy the top three posts and five of the top ten. 1.

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